Powers, Edward Orville

Edward O. Powers was an engineering student at the Florida Agricultural College at Lake City in the 1890s. He graduated in 1895 with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering and worked as an electrician in St. Augustine. His father, Henry C. Powers, was an engineering instructor at the college from 1890 to 1897. In 1900, Edward Powers returned to his birthplace in Beloit, Wisconsin.

From the guide to the Edward Orville Powers Collection, Circa 1890-1900, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida)